new york city, for instance, the sea wall, the sort that you see in cities like amsterdam or even london as well as a way to protect vital infrastructure. the problem, of course, is that's extremely expensive. you are looking at billions of dollars. it won't protect everyone. you can't build a sea wall that will protect all the coastline of new york city alone. certainly, have you to think about that, and you have to think about where do you put people and valuable property and infrastructure. maybe move it so it's further away from the coast so it's not washed out the way it was in this storm. >> an important point, brian. we think about katrina and the army kov corps of engineer buildings, and the floodgates and pumps and levees that tried to keep southeast will youly safe from flooding, and you can't really keep everybody protected. i mean, it is estimated $10 million for new york. tell us how you think fema is preparing this go-round here? people also talk about a very -- the importance of a very strong emergency response system. >> well, that was clearly really needed in the case of